Canada joins France and UK in recognising Palestinian state

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Canada has joined the bandwagon along with the United Kingdom and France to reveal its plan to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations general assembly in September in a bid to end the Gaza war.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00that resilience comes from cooperation cooperation uh around that starts around this table

00:16and this is why the solution of the two states and the recognition of the state of palestine

00:22is as well according to me the only way to build peace unless the israeli

00:29government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in gaza

00:41for the reasons i cited earlier canada intends to recognize the state of palestine

00:45at the 80th session of the united nations general assembly in september 2025.

00:53this intention is predicated on the palestinian authorities commitment to much needed reforms

00:58including commitments by the palestinian authorities president abbas to fundamentally reform its

01:04governance to hold general elections in 2026 in which hamas can play no part and to demilitarize

01:12the palestinian state canada will increase its efforts in supporting strong democratic governance

01:17in palestine and the contributions of its people to a more peaceful and hopeful future i spoke today

01:23with president abbas at length to reaffirm his commitment canada reiterates that hamas must

01:30immediately release all hostages taken in their horrific terrorist attack of october 7th that hamas

01:37must disarm and that a mass must play no role in the future governance of palestine canada will always

01:45steadfastly support israel's existence as an independent state in the middle east living in peace and

01:50peace and security any path to lasting peace for israel also requires a viable and stable palestinian

01:59state and one that recognizes israel's inalienable right to security and peace a belief in a two-state

02:07solution the inalienable rights of of both peoples and the fact that peace and security could only be

02:13achieved through it that prospect that possibility of a two-state solution is being eroded before our

02:20eyes that has been one of the factors um that is uh has brought us to this point to try to reverse

02:26with partners we're not under illusions about the strength of canada but to reverse with partners

02:31uh this cycle so that a two-state solution becomes viable lots more has to happen for it to

02:37the law that came up to our national press center so see

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